Natalie is a first year doctoral student in the department of epidemiology. She has 8 years of experience working in public health program evaluation, and health information system development and management. After living and working in countries around the world, her focus has shifted to communities much closer to home. 

She works with Drs. Evelyn Talbott and Jeanine Buchanich on a study examining the effects of environmental exposures on birth outcomes, childhood cancer, asthma in southwestern Pennsylvania. Her research interests include the effects of air pollution and other environmental exposures on birth outcomes, neurodevelopment and neurodegenerative disorders. Additionally, she is interested in occupational health, environmental justice, and community-driven research.

Select publications 

• Wroe, E. B., Kalanga, N., Dunbar, E. L., Nazimera, L., Price, N. F., Shah, A., … & Talama, G. C. (2020). Expanding access to non-communicable disease care in rural Malawi: outcomes from a retrospective cohort in an integrated NCD–HIV model. BMJ open, 10(10), e036836.

• Joharifard, S., Price, N., Ipanaqué, J. G. Y., Clarke, R. H., Nyemah, E., Wallace, A. F., … & Mentoe, S. J. (2020). The Impact of Implementing a Comprehensive Surgical Program on the Surgical Cohort at a Remote Referral Hospital in Southeastern Liberia. World Journal of Surgery, 44(3), 680- 688.

• Farahani, M., Price, N., El-Halabi, S., Mlaudzi, N., Keapoletswe, K., Lebelonyane, R., … & Gabaake, K. (2016). Impact of health system inputs on health outcome: a multilevel longitudinal analysis of Botswana National Antiretroviral Program (2002-2013). PloS one, 11(8), e0160206.

• Farahani, M., Price, N., El-Halabi, S., Mlaudzi, N., Keapoletswe, K., Lebelonyane, R., … & Gabaake, K. (2016). Variation in attrition at subnational level: review of the Botswana National HIV/AIDS Treatment (Masa) programme data (2002–2013). Tropical Medicine & International Health, 21(1), 18-27.

• Farahani, M., Price, N., El-Halabi, S., Mlaudzi, N., Keapoletswe, K., Lebelonyane, R., … & Gabaake, K. (2016). Trends and determinants of survival for over 200 000 patients on antiretroviral treatment in the Botswana National Program: 2002–2013. AIDS (London, England), 30(3), 477.

• Kane, M. J., Price, N., Scotch, M., & Rabinowitz, P. (2014). Comparison  of ARIMA and Random Forest time series models for prediction of avian influenza H5N1 outbreaks. BMC bioinformatics, 15(1), 276.